diff --git a/src/aula/models/message.py b/src/aula/models/message.py
index 71b13d9..01e70e8 100644
--- a/src/aula/models/message.py
+++ b/src/aula/models/message.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+import datetime
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from typing import Any
 
+from ..utils.dates import parse_api_datetime
 from ..utils.html import html_to_markdown, html_to_plain
 from ..utils.mapping import get_in
 from .attachment import Attachment, parse_attachments
@@ -13,6 +15,10 @@ class Message(AulaDataClass):
     content_html: str
     attachments: list[Attachment] = field(default_factory=list)
     _raw: dict | None = field(default=None, repr=False)
+    # Keyword-only, so the positional order above (and ``_raw`` in it) stays
+    # what it was before these were added.
+    sender_name: str | None = field(default=None, kw_only=True)
+    send_datetime: datetime.datetime | None = field(default=None, kw_only=True)
 
     @property
     def content(self) -> str:
@@ -40,5 +46,7 @@ def from_dict(cls, data: dict[str, Any]) -> Message:
             id=str(message_id) if message_id is not None else "",
             content_html=text if isinstance(text, str) else "",
             attachments=parse_attachments(data.get("attachments")),
+            sender_name=get_in(data, "sender.fullName", default=None) or None,
+            send_datetime=parse_api_datetime(data.get("sendDateTime")),
             _raw=data,
         )
diff --git a/tests/models/test_message.py b/tests/models/test_message.py
index fee5a04..27aa36e 100644
--- a/tests/models/test_message.py
+++ b/tests/models/test_message.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 """Tests for aula.models.message."""
 
+import datetime
+
+import pytest
+
 from aula.models.message import Message
 
 
@@ -79,3 +83,47 @@ def test_message_from_dict_without_attachments():
     msg = Message.from_dict({"id": "m3", "text": {"html": ""}})
     assert msg.attachments == []
     assert msg.has_attachments is False
+
+
+def test_message_from_dict_sender_and_send_time():
+    data = {
+        "id": "m2",
+        "text": {"html": "<p>Hej</p>"},
+        "sender": {"fullName": "Anne Lærer", "shortName": "AL"},
+        "sendDateTime": "2026-09-25T08:15:00+02:00",
+    }
+    msg = Message.from_dict(data)
+    assert msg.sender_name == "Anne Lærer"
+    assert msg.send_datetime == datetime.datetime.fromisoformat("2026-09-25T08:15:00+02:00")
+    result = dict(msg)
+    assert result["sender_name"] == "Anne Lærer"
+    assert "send_datetime" in result
+
+
+def test_message_from_dict_without_sender():
+    msg = Message.from_dict({"id": "m3", "text": "plain"})
+    assert msg.sender_name is None
+    assert msg.send_datetime is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "sender",
+    [None, {}, {"fullName": None}, {"fullName": ""}, "not a dict"],
+)
+def test_message_from_dict_sender_missing_or_empty(sender):
+    msg = Message.from_dict({"id": "m4", "text": "x", "sender": sender})
+    assert msg.sender_name is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("value", [None, "", "not a date", 12345])
+def test_message_from_dict_send_datetime_unreadable(value):
+    msg = Message.from_dict({"id": "m5", "text": "x", "sendDateTime": value})
+    assert msg.send_datetime is None
+
+
+def test_message_positional_arguments_unchanged():
+    """``_raw`` is still the fourth positional field: the new ones are keyword-only."""
+    msg = Message("1", "text", [], {"original": True})
+    assert msg._raw == {"original": True}
+    assert msg.sender_name is None
+    assert "_raw" not in dict(msg)